Actively mode-locked Tm3+-doped silica fiber laser with wavelength-tunable, high average output power

Christian Kneis; Brenda Donelan; Antoine Berrou; Inka Manek-Hoenninger; Thierry Robin; Benoit Cadier; Marc Eichhorn; Christelle Kieleck

doi:10.1364/OL.40.001464

Actively mode-locked Tm3+-doped silica fiber laser with wavelength-tunable, high average output power

Christian Kneis^*, Brenda Donelan, Antoine Berrou, Inka Manek-Hoenninger, Thierry Robin, Benoit Cadier, Marc Eichhorn, Christelle Kieleck

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A diode-pumped, actively mode-locked high-power thulium (Tm3+)-doped double-clad silica fiber laser is demonstrated, providing an average output power in mode-locked (continuous wave) operation of 53W(72 W) with a slope efficiency of 34% (38%). Mode-locking in the 6th-harmonic order was obtained by an acousto-optic modulator driven at 66 MHz without dispersion compensation. The shortest measured output pulse width was 200 ps. Owing to a diffraction grating as cavity end mirror, the central wavelength could be tuned from 1.95 to 2.13 mu m. The measured beam quality in mode-locked and continuous wave operation has been close to the diffraction limit. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1464-1467
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001464
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

MU-M FIBER
SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION
FLUORIDE FIBER
PULSE

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Actively mode-locked Tm3+-doped silica fiber laser with wavelength-tunable, high average output power

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